IEEE JOURNAL ON MULTISCALE AND MULTIPHYSICS COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES, VOL.

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A Message From the Incoming Editor-in-Chief for

The IEEE JOURNAL ON MULTISCALE AND
MULTIPHYSICS COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
(JMMCT)

AM profoundly honored by and excited for the opportu-
I nity to serve as the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE JOURNAL
ON MULTISCALE AND MULTIPHYSICS COMPUTATIONAL TECH-
NIQUES (JMMCT) for the next three years.
This journal is very young, but highly aspiring; its objective
is to report significant new developments in the theory and ap-
plications of computational techniques for problems of interest
across its three founding IEEE societies, the Antennas and Prop-
agation, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Microwave Theory
and Techniques Society, and beyond: to researchers and prac-
titioners in other areas of science and engineering, working on
subjects related to electromagnetic fields.
Many new areas of research in natural sciences and engineer-
ing evolve on and across rather than within conventional dis-
ciplinary boundaries. Research on computational electromag-
netics methods will be likewise advancing on these boundaries,
coupling Maxwell’s equations with mechanical, thermal, chem-
ical, and quantum phenomena solvers. Moreover, translating our
detailed knowledge of component parts to their impact on the
behavior of the systems they belong to defines the frontier of
multiscale modeling, where potentially heterogeneous models
are integrated over the wide range of spatial and temporal scales
present in most physical problems.
This journal is committed to keeping up with these advances,
becoming the main source of reference for the latest, high im-
pact research on multiscale and multiphysics computations of
electromagnetic fields. We will do so through our regular papers,
but also with invited papers and special issues on emerging areas
of computational techniques. Our journal will also solicit and
welcome contributions from researchers in any area of computa-
tional science and engineering on techniques that have potential
applications in electromagnetics.
Founded by three IEEE societies, this Journal ultimately be-
longs to you: its readers. The Associate Editors and I welcome
your thoughts and suggestions on the future of the Journal. For
all of us, JMMCT’s journey continues, with a sense of optimism
and responsibility.
COSTAS D. SARRIS, Editor-in-Chief
Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON M5S 3G4, Canada

Costas D. Sarris (SM’08) received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and the M.Sc.
degree in applied mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, in 2002.
He is currently a Full Professor and the Eugene V. Polistuk Chair in electromagnetic design
with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto,
ON, Canada. His research interests include the area of numerical electromagnetics, with em-
phasis on high-order, multiscale computational methods, modeling under stochastic uncertainty,
as well as applications of numerical methods to wireless channel modeling, wave propagation
in complex media and meta-materials, wireless power transfer and electromagnetic compatibil-
ity/interference (EMI/EMC) problems.
Dr. Sarris was the recipient of the IEEE MTT-S 2013 Outstanding Young Engineer Award. He
was an Associate Editor for the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES
(2009–2013) and the IEEE MICROWAVE AND WIRELESS COMPONENTS LETTERS (2007–2009).
He was the TPC Chair for the 2015 IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Prop-
agation and CNC/USNC Joint Meeting and the TPC Vice-Chair for the 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium.
He is the Chair of the MTT-S Technical Committee on Field Theory (MTT-15).

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